The Adventure-Proof series examines and reviews the best in rugged iOS gear, apps, and accessories to help iDevice users enjoy the outdoors with their mobile tech safely in tow. This installment takes a closer look at the Splash by NUU, the latest entry in the fast-growing field of extreme-duty Bluetooth personal speakers.

Sketch Synth 2 has just been released on the app store for iPad. The next evolution in the Sketch Synth series lets you casually draw in deep geometric modulations onto pads to really scult and shape your sounds. It comes with over 50 preset loops that can be layered up on top of eachother in different themed scenes, so if you feel like making high energy the head to the chiptune scene; and if you feel like dark bass and dubstep then head to the punisher scene.

CrazyTeaBag announces the release of a new free app - “Classical Music Collection” for iPhone and iPad. The uniqueness of this app consists in its wide variety of classical music starting for Bach’s baroque masterpieces to the gamut of sensual Chopin’s nocturnes. The whole collection encompasses many styles of music spanning 500 masterpieces of 37 “giants” among composers.

New apps and updates are coming out all the time, and this week there are some especially exciting developments. The must-have social news app Flipboard received its most significant update ever, allowing users to create and share their own magazines. Rap/Reggae icon Snoop Lion launched his new app, Snoop Lion's Reincarnated. There's also big news for gamers — The Walking Dead is on sale!

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The Belkin Thunderstorm Handheld Home Theater($199.99) is a rechargeable case for the iPad 2 and 3rd Generation that packs enough sonic punch to knock you out of your seat. Admittedly pricey, this audio accessory from Belkin offers quality and intense portable sound through Audifi digital signal processing, making movies and games immersive fun. This product can also solve the dilemma of buying a separate case, stand, battery and speaker.

To make wider inroads in Japan market and facilitate more users, Digiarty Software Inc., a thoughtful multimedia software developer, today officially released the long-awaited Japanese version of WinX DVD Ripper Platinum. This is the symbolization of Digiarty’s multilingual software development, Japanese being the first non-English language. Meanwhile, it also announced MacX DVD Ripper Pro in Japanese for Mac users. The two programs now provide clearer UI and enhanced operability for people in Japan or with such demand.

This year's Consumer Electronics Show had its share of wireless audio components, several of which I included in iPhone Life's coverage of the event. I found several new Wi-Fi AirPlay compatible speakers. Of the lot, I finally received a Wren V5AP($399) review unit last week. Of all the Wi-Fi speakers I’ve had the chance to review in recent years, I must say this one truly gives the Sonos Play line a run for its money.